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Blondy Wallace
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Charles Edgar Blondy Wallace was an early professional football player. He was a 240-pound, former Walter Camp second-team All-American tackle from the University of Pennsylvania and he also played two years at Peddie Institute, in New Jersey, winning state championships in 1896 and 1897. During his professional playing career he was involved in almost every event in professional football between 1902 and 1907. In 1902, Col. John Rogers, owner of the National Leagues Philadelphia Phillies, upon hearing of this, Wallace approached Ben Shibe of the rival American Leagues Philadelphia Athletics to see whether the Athletics would be following suit and fielding a football team. Not wanting his rivals to be unchallenged, Shibe decided to form a team with Wallace as the teams player-coach, the Athletics baseball manager, Connie Mack, was then named the teams manager. The football Philadelphia Athletics finished the 1902 NFL season with a 5–2–2 record for a controversial second-place finish behind the Pittsburgh Stars, the league then folded immediately after the season. After the NFL season, Wallace played in the World Series of Football in 1902 at Madison Square Garden and he played on a team that consisted of former players from the football Athletics and the football Philadelphia Phillies of the NFL. The name of their team was called the New York team by Series organizer, Tom ORourke. Syracuse defeated Wallace and the New York club in what has called the first indoor pro football game. However Blondy would get a second winning the series after Glenn Pop Warner of the Syracuse Athletic Club suffered a head injury and was replaced by Wallace. Syracuse would go on to win the championship by a score of 36-0. In 1903, Bill Prince, the manager of the Franklin Athletic Club and that year, Wallace became the teams captain. That year Franklin posted a 12-0 record and won the 1903 World Series of Football and this accomplishment makes Blondy a winner on both the 1902 and 1903 World Series teams. In 1905 Wallace became the coach of the Canton Athletic Club. That year Wallace, signed an agreement with the Latrobe Athletic Association, led by quarterback John Brallier, Latrobe, under Brallier, was not only the current Pennsylvania football champion, but were undefeated for the last three seasons. They were also considered the professional team capable of competing at the same level as Canton. Canton would go on to lose the game to Latrobe, however the team was the runner-up in the Ohio League standings for the 1905 season, Wallace added four former Massillon players to his team in 1906. Shortly afterward that second game, a Massillon newspaper charged Wallace with fixing the 1906 championship game, the Bulldogs and Wallace denied the charges, maintaining that Massillon only wanted to ruin the clubs reputation before their final game against Latrobe

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Baker Bowl
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Baker Bowl is the best-known popular name of a baseball park that formerly stood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Its formal name, painted on its wall, was National League Park. It was also known as Philadelphia Park or Philadelphia Base Ball Grounds / Park. It was on a city block bounded by N. Broad St. W. Huntingdon St. N. 15th St. and W. Lehigh Avenue, the ballpark was initially built in 1887. It was constructed by Phillies owners AJ Reach and John Rogers, the ballpark cost $80,000 and had a capacity of 12,500. At that time the media praised it as state-of-the-art, in that dead-ball era, the outfield was enclosed by a relatively low wall all around. Center field was close, with the railroad tracks running behind it. Later, the tracks were lowered and the field was extended over top of them, bleachers were built in left field, and over time various extensions were added to the originally low right field wall, resulting in the famous 60-foot fence. The ballparks second incarnation opened in 1895 and it was notable for having the first cantilevered upper deck in a sports stadium, and was the first ballpark to use steel and brick for the majority of its construction. By comparison, the Green Monster at Fenway Park is 37 feet high and 310 feet away, the Baker wall was a rather difficult task to surmount. The wall was an amalgam of different materials and it was originally a relatively normal-height masonry structure. When it became clear that it was too soft a home run touch, the barrier was extended upward using more masonry, wood, and a metal pipe-and-wire screen. The masonry in the part of the wall was extremely rough. The clubhouse was located above and behind the field wall. No batter ever hit a ball over the clubhouse, but Rogers Hornsby once hit a ball through a window, the ballpark, shoehorned as it was into the Philadelphia city grid, acquired a number of nicknames over the years. Baker Bowl is the name, and is nearly always referred to by that name in histories of the Phillies. The prosaic Philadelphia Baseball Grounds or Philadelphia Baseball Park was the often used by sportswriters prior to the Baker era

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American football
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The offense must advance at least ten yards in four downs, or plays, or else they turn over the football to the opposing team, if they succeed, they are given a new set of four downs. Points are primarily scored by advancing the ball into the teams end zone for a touchdown or kicking the ball through the opponents goalposts for a field goal. The team with the most points at the end of a game wins, American football evolved in the United States, originating from the sports of association football and rugby football. The first game of American football was played on November 6,1869, during the latter half of the 1870s, colleges playing association football switched to the Rugby Union code, which allowed carrying the ball. American football as a whole is the most popular sport in the United States, Professional football and college football are the most popular forms of the game, with the other major levels being high school and youth football. As of 2012, nearly 1.1 million high school athletes and 70,000 college athletes play the sport in the United States annually, almost all of them men, in the United States, American football is referred to as football. The term football was established in the rulebook for the 1876 college football season. The terms gridiron or American football are favored in English-speaking countries where other codes of football are popular, such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, American football evolved from the sports of association football and rugby football. What is considered to be the first American football game was played on November 6,1869 between Rutgers and Princeton, two college teams, the game was played between two teams of 25 players each and used a round ball that could not be picked up or carried. It could, however, be kicked or batted with the feet, hands, head or sides, Rutgers won the game 6 goals to 4. Collegiate play continued for years in which matches were played using the rules of the host school. Representatives of Yale, Columbia, Princeton and Rutgers met on October 19,1873 to create a set of rules for all schools to adhere to. Teams were set at 20 players each, and fields of 400 by 250 feet were specified, Harvard abstained from the conference, as they favored a rugby-style game that allowed running with the ball. An 1875 Harvard-Yale game played under rugby-style rules was observed by two impressed Princeton athletes and these players introduced the sport to Princeton, a feat the Professional Football Researchers Association compared to selling refrigerators to Eskimos. Princeton, Harvard, Yale and Columbia then agreed to play using a form of rugby union rules with a modified scoring system. These schools formed the Intercollegiate Football Association, although Yale did not join until 1879, the introduction of the snap resulted in unexpected consequences. Prior to the snap, the strategy had been to punt if a scrum resulted in bad field position, however, a group of Princeton players realized that, as the snap was uncontested, they now could hold the ball indefinitely to prevent their opponent from scoring. In 1881, both teams in a game between Yale-Princeton used this strategy to maintain their undefeated records, each team held the ball, gaining no ground, for an entire half, resulting in a 0-0 tie

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Orange/Newark Tornadoes
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The team was based for most of its history in Orange, New Jersey, with many of its later years in Newark. Its last five seasons of existence were as the Orlando Panthers, the NFL franchise was sold back to the league in October 1930. The team had four coaches in its two years in the NFL – Jack Depler in Orange, and Jack Fish, Al McGall. The Orange Tornadoes can trace their roots back to the Orange Athletic Club, the Orange A. C. was originally an amateur football team that began play in 1887. The teams first ever game was a 36–0 loss to Seton Hall University football team, by the 1890s the Orange became a semi-pro team. In 1892, the team practiced under electric lights at night to prepare for an October 8 game against Rutgers College, the Orange A. C. would go on to win that game 22–10. In 1893, the won the American Football Union Championship. In 1902, the Orange A. C. played against Philadelphia Phillies, the team also played in World Series of Football in that year, at Madison Square Garden. These games were the first indoor football games, in 1902, Orange lost to All-Syracuse, 36–0. However the team returned to the World Series of Football in 1903 where they played the Watertown Red & Black and the eventual champion, Orange lost to Watertown, 11–0, and to Franklin, 12–0. However they did manage to defeat the Oreo Athletic Club of Asbury Park, the Orange team became an established independent pro team from 1919 until 1928, under the nickname the Orange AC Golden Tornadoes. During this time, Orange defeated the New York Brickley Giants of the NFL and they also played pre-NFL versions of the Frankford Yellow Jackets and the Staten Island Stapletons. They also played against the Atlantic City Roses and the Millville Big Blue, by 1928, Orange held the New York Giants and Frankford Yellow Jackets to close scores. On September 16,1928 Orange held the 1927 NFL Champion New York Giants to just a 7–0 victory, while a week earlier the NFLs previous champions, the Frankford Yellow Jackets, were held to a 12–0 victory. Orange showed that their team could compete in the NFL, the Tornadoes played their home games at Knights of Columbus Stadium. The first game for the new team was a tie against the New York Giants on September 29,1929. A week later the team recorded their first NFL win by defeating the Boston Bulldogs 7–0, the victory came off a short George Pease pass to Paul Longua who ran 60 yards for a touchdown. However the following week, Orange experienced its first NFL loss during a 7–0 defeat to the 1928 NFL Champions, the team regrouped on October 19,1929, and the Tornandoes held the Frankford Yellow Jackets to a 6–6 tie at Frankford Stadium

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Susquehanna University
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Susquehanna University is a four-year, co-educational, private liberal arts university in Selinsgrove, in central Pennsylvania, United States. The university is situated in the Susquehanna Valley approximately 50 mi north of Pennsylvanias state capital, the academic programs fall into either the School of Arts and Sciences or the AACSB International-accredited Sigmund Weis School of Business. Susquehanna University enrolls more than 2,200 undergraduate students from 33 states and 23 countries, most students are required to live on campus all four years and as of 2012, all students participate in a cross-cultural study away or service learning experience known as the GO Program. Noteworthy alumni include several Pennsylvania political representatives and CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, the university was founded in 1858 by Benjamin Kurtz as the Lutheran-based Missionary Institute paired with a sister college, the Susquehanna Female College. When the sister college closed in 1873, the institute became co-educational. The schools 325 acres sit in rural Pennsylvania and house 39 residential buildings, six buildings, a library, athletic facilities, a health center. Susquehanna University is a small, liberal arts based in rural central Pennsylvania and is devoted solely to undergraduate education. The university is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Susquehanna maintains a student-to-faculty ratio of 12,1 with 90% of full-time faculty holding a doctorate or highest equivalent degree. The university offers more than 100 majors, minors and programs, in 2016, an average of 96% of graduates were enrolled in graduate school or employed within six months of graduation. Susquehanna University is split into two academic departments, the School of Arts and Sciences and the Sigmund Weis School of Business. The School of Arts and Sciences offers the majority of majors, putting an emphasis on a traditional liberal arts education including science. The Sigmund Weis School of Business is geared towards a technical degree. Susquehanna University is governed by the president, a body of 56 members. The GO Program, as part of a policy adopted in 2009. Students have a choice between GO Short programs of 2–3 weeks or semester-long GO Long programs, in 2013, the GO Program was awarded the Andrew Heiskell Award for Innovation in International Education The total cost of attendance for the 2016-17 year is $57,650. More than 99% of students receive some form of financial aid, the total amount awarded for the 2016-17 year numbered more than $83 million, and was handed out in the form of scholarships, grants, loans, and Federal Work-Study Program. Susquehanna University was founded in 1858 as The Missionary Institute of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Benjamin Kurtz. ”The American Lutherans of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania pledged $22,000,50 students and the provisional use of its church facilities. However, they stipulated that the Missionary Institute be expanded to a junior college, kurtz’s own personal mission was the foundation of the institute’s theology department, which he led as the first professor of theology

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Lafayette College
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Lafayette College is a private liberal arts college based in Easton, Pennsylvania, with a campus in New York City, NY. The school, founded in 1826 by James Madison Porter, son of General Andrew Porter of Norristown, and the citizens of Easton, first began holding classes in 1832. The founders voted to name the school after General Lafayette, who toured the country in 1824–25, as a testimony of respect for talents, virtues. In the great cause of freedom, located on College Hill in Easton, the campus is in the Lehigh Valley, about 70 mi west of New York City and 60 mi north of Philadelphia. Lafayette College guarantees campus housing to all enrolled students, the school requires students to live in campus housing unless approved for residing in private off-campus housing or home as a commuter. The student body, consisting entirely of undergraduates, comes from 46 U. S. states and Territories, students at Lafayette are involved in over 250 clubs and organizations including athletics, fraternities and sororities, special interest groups, community service clubs and honor societies. Lafayette Colleges athletic program is notable for The Rivalry with nearby Lehigh University, since 1884, the two football teams have met 152 times, making it the most played rivalry in the history of college football. The College leads American liberal arts colleges with the most Goldwater Scholarship recipients in the past six years, a group of Easton citizens led by James Madison Porter met on December 27,1824 at Whites Tavern to explore the possibility of opening a college. The recent visit of General Lafayette to New York during his tour of the US in 1824 and 1825 prompted the founders to name the school after the French military officer. The group also established the 35-member Board of Trustees, a system of governance that has remained at the college to this day, in need of an education plan, the meeting gave the responsibility to Porter, lawyer Jacob Wagener, and Yale-educated lawyer Joel Jones. The charter gained approval and on March 9,1826, Pennsylvania Governor John Andrew Shulzes signature made the college official, along with establishing Lafayette as a Liberal Arts College, the charter called for religious equality amongst professors, students, and staff. Over the next few years, the Board met several times to discuss property, six years after the first meeting, Lafayette began to enroll students. The College opened on May 1,1829, with four students under the guidance of Rev. John Monteith, classes began on May 9,1832, with the instruction of 43 students on the south bank of the Lehigh River in a rented farmhouse. In order to earn money to support the students had to labor in the fields. This manual labor infused College took the place of the original Military/Civil Engineering focus on which the school was founded, later that year, Lafayette purchased property on what is now known as College Hill – nine acres of elevated land across Bushkill Creek. The Colleges first building was constructed two years later on the current site of South College, a dispute between Porter and Rev. Junkin led to his resignation of the presidency in 1841. Though still young, Lafayette was beginning to shape, grappling with the possibility of religious affiliation for financial stability. In 1854, Lafayette College became affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, by relinquishing their control, the College was able to collect $1000 a year from the Presbyterian Church Board of Education as regularly as the latter could pay it